Table 1: Summary of the clinical information, CSF and blood results in 7 RP cases with CNS involvement.
| Case No. | Age (years) | Gender(F/M) | No-CNS symptoms | CNS symptoms | Duration of onset before diagnosis (month) | Diagnosis | Sequence of CNS and no-CNS symptoms | CSF profile | ||||
| Opening pressure (mmH2O) | Leucocytes (/ul) (0-6) | Monocyte (%) | Protein (mg/dl) (15-45) | Glucose (mmol/L) (2.5-4.5) | ||||||||
| 1 | 26 | M | auricular chondritis, scleritis | fever, headache, mental disorder | 1 | Probable RP | CNS symptoms ahead | 170 | 22 | 28 | 2.9 | |
| 2 | 48 | F | auricular chondritis, scleritis, arthritis | fever, headache, dizziness, bulbar paralysis | 0.5 | RP | simultaneously | 90 | 40 | 60 | 31 | 3.1 |
| 3 | 46 | M | auricular chondritis, scleritis | headache, epilepsy, aphasia, mental disorder | 1 | Probable RP | simultaneously | 260 | 146 | 58.9 | 85.6 | 3.4 |
| 4 | 41 | M | auricular chondritis, scleritis, laryngitis | headache, limb weakness, mental disorder | 12 | RP | CNS symptoms ahead | 200 | 6 | 60.2 | 3.5 | |
| 5 | 46 | M | scleritis, arthritis | fever, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, hearing impairment | 5 | Probable RP | CNS symptoms ahead | 190 | 30 | 100 | 30.42 | 4.96 |
| 6 | 51 | M | auricular chondritis, scleritis | headache, dizziness, bulbar paralysis, weakness, decrease of vision, facial paralysis | 24 | Probable RP | CNS symptoms behind | 150 | 15 | 41.3 | 4.2 | |
| 7 | 38 | M | auricular chondritis, scleritis, nasal chondritis, bronchomalacia | fever, headache, tinnitus, hearing impairment, facial paralysis, bulbar paralysis, weakness, uroschesis | 12 | RP | CNS symptoms ahead | 150 | 22 | 22.77 | 70.03 | 3.48 |